Enjoy the magic of reflected light

EXETER — Attend the artist reception for Terri Ellen Donsker of North Hampton on Saturday, Dec. 8 from noon-3 p.m. at the Seacoast Artist Association gallery, 225 Water Street in Exeter.

As the artist featured in December and January, Donsker will be displaying photographic images depicting the mystical, magical communication between water and light. Refreshments will be served.

“Water is a mirror, presenting an ethereal, fluid version of the reality above it,” Donsker said. “The abstract form is discovered within the watery version of the solid subject. Glittering, glaucous waves churn in restless fury. Flowing colors on the water form an artist palette.”

Donsker has been a serious photographer for 40 years. During that time she has lived in Seattle and coastal New Hampshire.

“As a photographer, I see images everywhere” Donsker said. “As a photographic artist, I see endless compositions within the images I capture. There is magic and mystery in the play of light on water as it is touched by the air, blown by the wind; inhaled, then exhaled by the endless tides. Just as the narrow canals eternally renew the ancient facades of Venice, solid objects of stone and wood are softened by water dancing in their midst. But these images are fleeting, whirling flashes of brilliance. Now here; now gone forever in the rushing river of time. My passion is to capture these images, lest I forget the experience of these all-too-brief encounters. ”

Touring with her husband, David, in search of birds, she encountered subjects in many parts of the world: Africa, the Antarctic, Central and South America, Thailand, Finland, Britain and Ireland, and continental Europe.

“Images hold fast the memories that define my life” Donsker said. “Photographs enable me to revisit the feast and truly relish the banquet. This exhibit is a sharing of some of my favorite images featuring the magic of reflected light.”

Donsker has exhibited throughout New Hampshire, in Newburyport, Mass, in Minnesota and Baden-Baden, Germany. His work will be on exhibit through January.